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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced its award decisions for the Rural Health Transformation Program, established as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and provided a summary of each state...more
Healthcare providers are currently facing yet another termination of Medicare telehealth flexibilities at the end of the day on January 30, 2026, unless Congress acts on proposals to further extend the COVID-era flexibilities...more
The Department of Education is in the process of proposing a new definition of “professional degree” for federal student loan purposes that does not include nursing degrees, a development that could have a dramatic impact on...more
On Dec. 29, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that all 50 states would receive funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program, which is mandated in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act....more
2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for health care reimbursement. From major CMS payment rules to evolving disclosure requirements, AI scrutiny, and mounting pressure on providers across the care continuum, the 2026...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted in July 2025, is no longer a policy debate or a future concern. It is already changing how coverage works, how Medicaid dollars flow, and how much operational friction health...more
At the 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Jamie Dimon (CEO of J.P. Morgan) told the audience that we should be teaching healthcare in school from kindergarten to 12th grade. He was right…but we don’t. And,...more
The Trump administration announced a new $50 billion rural health transformation program that will send between $147 million and $281 million to each state beginning in 2026....more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center has announced the Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) model, a 10‑year voluntary payment model that introduces...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Oct. 31, 2025, released the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, which includes policies related to Medicare physician payment and the...more
In a significant development for radiology services in California, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill No. 460 (AB 460) into law, easing long-standing restrictions on the supervision of radiologic technologists...more
While the dust has now settled on the legislative text found in this summer’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), health care providers are starting to see the real-world implications of this law. OBBBA implementation is...more
Congress established a new Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program earlier this year as part of the passage of budget reconciliation legislation, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Providers and other...more
On October 1, 2025, the U.S. federal government entered a partial shutdown after Congress failed to pass either a full-year appropriations package or a continuing resolution. Among the many ripples from this lapse in funding...more
On July 1, 2025, Governor Josh Stein signed into law House Bill 67 (Session Law 2025-37), an Act to Enact Healthcare Workforce Reforms for the State of North Carolina, which makes the most significant updates in years to how...more
As federal healthcare policy and funding continues to evolve — most recently due to the roughly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid passed by Congress in the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — businesses across the...more
Key Takeaways: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the application for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHT) under the Working Families Tax Cut Act (formerly known as the One Big...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
On September 10, 2025, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson sent letters to large healthcare employers and staffing firms encouraging them to review their noncompete agreements and restrictive covenants....more
At the very top of Fisher-Titus Medical Center’s website is a link to the Change Healthcare HIPAA notice informing visitors of the last day to register for credit monitoring related to the world’s largest breach, which...more
North Carolina’s Healthcare Planning Section is hard at work on a new State Medical Facilities Plan (SMFP), which can be expected to include a range of 2026 health care development opportunities in counties across North...more
President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), into law on July 4, 2025. (For a detailed analysis of the bill, see Holland & Knight's previous alert, "Trump Signs the One Big Beautiful...more
I. Certificate of Need Program - A. AL2024-031, Springhill Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Springhill Medical Center, Mobile County, AL: Proposes to add twenty (20) inpatient rehabilitation beds to an existing eighteen (18) bed...more
As outlined in our prior client alert, the healthcare industry can breathe a temporary sigh of relief as Congress has once again acted to extend for an additional six months the Medicare telehealth flexibilities implemented...more
News Briefs - Trump Signs Executive Order to Improve Health Price Transparency - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to improve price transparency on healthcare costs by directing federal agencies to...more